• 文献标题:   Atomic-Scale Evidence for Potential Barriers and Strong Carrier Scattering at Graphene Grain Boundaries: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KOEPKE JC, WOOD JD, ESTRADA D, ONG ZY, HE KT, POP E, LYDING JW
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, cvd, grain boundarie, scanning tunneling microscopy, spectroscopy, scattering
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Illinois
  • 被引频次:   99
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn302064p
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We use scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy to examine the electronic nature of grain boundaries (GBs) in polycrystalline graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on Cu foil and transferred to SiO2 substrates. We find no preferential orientation angle between grains, and the GBs are continuous across graphene wrinkles and SiO2 topography. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy shows enhanced empty states tunneling conductance for most of the GBs and a shift toward more n-type behavior compared to the bulk of the graphene. We also observe standing wave patterns adjacent to GBs propagating in a zigzag direction with a decay length of similar to 1 nm. Fourier analysis of these patterns indicates that backscattering and intervalley scattering are the dominant mechanisms responsible for the mobility reduction in the presence of GBs in CVD-grown graphene.